When Nuclear Dreams Took Flight: The Quest for Atomic-Powered Aircraft To get a small reactor to fly, you essentially strip it of shielding and use its heat output to expand air instead of burning ...

America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...

The United States Navy's next two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be named after former Presidents Bill Clinton (Democrat) and George W. Bush (Republican), incumbent President Joseph Biden ...

While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects ...

The engine was designed for Ansat and Ka-226T helicopters and can power prospective aircraft. "The UEC expands the line of aircraft engines for modern airplanes and helicopters and designs new ...

These were the outcome of bilateral discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on ...

The Navy currently has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, according to the Associated Press. The carriers last about 50 years and undergo maintenance halfway through their lifespan.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel ... at least a third more power than the best chemical rocket. If such an engine could be made, it would ...

The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the scrapyard. The decommissioned vessel was the last conventionally powered flattop built by the US Navy. The Kennedy namesake will ...